Posts by SBAdmin

From Sunnyvale Sun readers; part of the Bay Area New Group Posted: 05/13/2009 03:07:16 PM PDT                                      Updated: 05/13/2009 03:18:34 PM PDT I’d like to provide a different viewpoint in response to a number of spurious claims and red herrings offered up in last week’s letter on plastic bags by professor Lydia Ortega. An estimated 1 million plastic…

  SACRAMENTO, CA – A proposed ordinance would require supermarkets and large pharmacies located in unincorporated areas of Sacramento County to phase out plastic bags and replace them with recyclable or reusable bags. Supervisor Roger Dickinson said on Monday that his proposed ordinance targets single use, non-recyclable shopping bags that often end up in landfills…

The Impact of Plastic Bags – from \’Message in the Waves\’ This is the trailer from Rebecca Hosking’s excellent ‘Message In The Waves’ documentary that she filmed for the BBC. Because of their experience in turning Coles Bay plastic bag free, Jon Dee and Ben Kearney were the key advisors to Rebecca when she turned…

Posted Mon May 4, 2009 7:29am AEST Updated Mon May 4, 2009 1:42pm AEST South Australia has become the first state to ban lightweight plastic checkout bags. The ban is expected to reduce the 400 million bags a year which end up in dumps. Shops must supply reusable or environmentally friendly alternatives such as cornstarch…

20 April 2009 | Source: just-food.com    US supermarket group Kroger has launched an online contest for consumers to design a reusable carrier bag in a bid to encourage shoppers to reduce the number of plastic bags used. This is the second year that Kroger has marked Earth Day with a reusable bag design contest. Consumers…

Posted By CONOR MIHELL, SPECIAL TO THE STAR Sault St. Marie, ON April 2009 According to the Worldwatch Institute, an international environmental research organization, humans around the globe produce upwards of five trillion plastic shopping, storage, lunch and garbage bags annually. The majority of these bags are used once and eventually disposed in a landfill,…

Jan 11, 2009 04:30 AM Robyn Doolittle STAFF REPORTER It’s like there’s a scarlet letter burned across Jennifer Sutcliffe’s forehead as she hastily piles eight bags of groceries into the cart – “P.” For plastic. For polluter. “I have cats. I use them for the litter,” she clarifies apologetically. Not good enough. Gazing down the…

Sep 14, 2008 04:30 AM Levies, deposit-return also being looked at as study targets worst trash offenders Moira Welsh Environment Reporter The City of Toronto is targeting some of its biggest garbage offenders – coffee cups, takeout food containers and plastic bags – in a study that could lead to sweeping changes in the way…

Tue May 27, 2008 3:06am EDT (Reuters) — China will become the latest country to outlaw ultra-thin plastic bags, when a ban takes effect on Sunday, in a bid to cut pollution and save resources. The ban, announced by the State Council in January, halts the production of bags that are thinner than 0.025 mm…